Create Direct Purchase Order – A Summary of the activity

This activity allows you to create a Purchase Order without any document reference. A Purchase Order is a document generated for purchasing certain items from the suppliers. . There are 4 types of Purchase orders namely, ‘Normal’, ‘Capital’, ‘Consignment’, and ‘Dropship’. There are different methods in which a Purchase Order can be created. The current activity is a method of creating a Direct Purchase Order, which does not refer to any of the documents. The other two methods are those where the Purchase Order refers to the Quotation, or the Sale Order.

The Purchase Order has a unique identification number, which will be referred in all the documents, related to it. The Date of creation of the Purchase Order is also provided during creation process. The Amendment Number that appears in the details section tracks the amendments or changes done to the Approved Purchase Order. The user who wishes to purchase the items from that particular supplier mentions the Code and the Name of the supplier.

A Direct Purchase Order can fulfill the material requirements that are raised by Purchase Requests or Sale Order by covering those requirements in the Purchase Order. The coverage can be done in the “Specify PO-PR Coverage” page if Purchase Request is referred or in the “Specify PO-SO Coverage” page if Sale Order is referred.

You can also approve a Direct Purchase Order in this activity. Only approved Purchase Orders are referred in Goods Receipt document.

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